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Alliteration in the poem "A Who�Z Who in the Horrible House" by Wes Magee
I am so sorry that it didn�t upload right the first time. This is a cute alliterative poem by Wes Magee. I illustrated it and provided the questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Paraphrasing Poetry: "Fire and Ice"
This sheet defines paraphrasing. The student will then read the poem "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost. After reading the poem, the student reads a short paragraph, not a poem, that is a paraphrase. For an exercise, the student will read "Woman with Flower� and paraphrase it. I hope this helps students be less afraid of poetry!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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The War of the Worlds Chapters 4-7 Voc. Words and Sentences
This ws contains a list of the vocabulary words and an exercise of fill-in-the-blank sentences to go with them. The book I used is the Dover Publishing one.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Blake "The Clod and the Pebble"
The printable analyzes William Blake�s poem "The Clod and the Pebble." There are seven comprehension questions and an answer key.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Rules for Using Dashes
Dashes are more complicated than you may think, so I have tried to demystify them. There are two types that I explain, and I refer to hyphens as well. It ends with an exercise.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10
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Earth and Mars
Before I taught The War of the Worlds, I did some nonfiction activities about Earth and Mars. There are two charts of information. A picture of the two planets, questions, fill-in-the-blank sentences with a word bank, and an interesting picture of what NASA believes to be a Martian fossil. Also, there is an answer key.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Second Part of the Pre-reading Information for The Call of the Wild
This is the second part of pre-reading for The Call of the Wild unit. There is a short biography of London, information on the genres, topics,list of character, and different settings the novel employs. There is a small map and a picture of what Buck could look like. There are questions and a KWL chart to complete. The Klondike Gold Rush will be ad...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10
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Alliteration
I use this handout to teach my 9th graders alliteration. Poetic terms are on our End of Course Test from the State of Georgia and on our English Language Arts Graduation Test, so we are always looking for a way to teach them. I hope that it helps someone else, too.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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The Rhyme Scheme in "Eldorado" by Poe
This worksheet could go along with the online exercise about "Eldorado." This sheet defines rhyme, rhyme scheme, stanza, and it has a table with the rhyme scheme for "Eldorado." Finally, there are two short exercises for students to practice finding rhyme schemes.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Alaskan Wolves
This is a nonfiction reading activity that has a three-column chart for comparing and contrasting Alaskan wolves. After the chart there is a cloze paragraph that uses the information from the chart. There is also an answer key.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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